Meanings
peavy1
plural peavies · alternative peavee · alternative peavey · alternative peevee
- A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.
Synonyms: dog hook, cant-dog, cant hook, peavey hook
Peavy2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
After Joseph Peavey, a blacksmith from Maine in the United States of America.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French tourne-billes
- tourne-billestool used to manipulate logs
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
peavy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peavy
“peavy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peavy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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